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The Olympic and European Champion 2016 from Holland, is the overall winner of the 2017 edition. making the “double” since her 2015 triumph in San Domenico di Varzo (Verbania).

Elisa Longo Borghini and Annemiek Van Vleuten (winner of the Green and Cyclamine Jersey), tried an attack on the climb of Vesuvio but it has been useless. The three athletes have been reached by the chasing group on the following descend to Torre del Greco, and Megan Guarnier (1st), Amanda Spratt (2nd) and Katarzyna Niewiadoma (3rd) took the final stage podium.

Born in Zwolle in 1990, Anna Van der Breggen is one of the biggest protagonists of the 2017 season. With the Olympic and European title 2016, she could take an historical triumph in Amstel Gold Race, Fleche Wallonne and Liege – Bastogne – Liege in April. With the Giro Rosa win, she is the new leader of the Women’s World Tour.

Elisa Longo Borghini won the Blue Jersey as best Italian (2nd overall), the Danish Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig is the best young (White Jersey) and Annemiek Van Vleuten (3rd place in the GC and stage winner in Montereale Valcellina and Sant’Elpidio a Mare) won the Green and Cyclamine Jersey.

The World Champion of Stuttgart 2007 is the first stage winner for Italy of the 28th Giro Rosa: The athlete of Alè Cipollini – Galassia Team has triumphed in the penultimate stage (Palinuro – Polla, 122 km) beating the Finnish Lotta Lepistö (Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team) and Giorgia Bronzini (Wiggle High5).

A very hot and sunny weather through the roads of Cilento and Vallo di Diano was with the race, the last day in the Province of Salerno. A small group went in the front in the first part, including the three times Italian Champion Elena Cecchini, but the Pink Jersey peloton could take them before the Cathegorized climb of Sala Consilina. Three riders attack here: Malgorzata Jasinska (Cylance Pro Cycling), Lauren Kitchen (WM3) and Anna Trevisi (Alè – Cipollini – Galassia), who have more than a minute at the first passage from Polla. The peloton accelerate until catching the breakaway at the last kilometer: the Team Alè – Cipollini – Galassia does a perfect work and Marta Bastianelli took the win, with Lepistö (first place in Roseto degli Abruzzi) and Giorgia Bronzini. Marta is back on the podium of the Giro after Legnano 2016. Anna Van der Breggen, who has been reached by her family in Polla, keeps the Pink Jersey with 1’03” from Elisa Longo Borghini and 1’39” from Annemiek Van Vleuten: the Vesuvius will be the decisive climb tomorrow in the final stage of Torre del Greco.

This has been an eventful stage: the Colombian Sanabria Sanchez (Servetto Giusta Alurecycling) did a solo breakaway just before the first passage on the finish line of San Vendemiano, resisting until the beginning of Cà del Poggio cathegorized climb.), won by Annemiek Van Vleuten. The Dutch of Orica – Scott, who took the win yesterday, tried an attack with seven fighters for the GC but the peloton took them from behind. Elena Cecchini wants a solo win, she could be in the front for more than 10 kilometers but the teams of the sprinters did a “brutal” acceleration with the goal of a bunch sprint. Also Clemilda Fernandes (Servetto Giusta Alurecycling) and Iraida Garcia Ocasio (S.C. Michela Fanini) tried an attack, the bunch is faster and the sprint is here: Chloe Hosking seems the strongest but Hannah Barnes is the first on the finish line. It is the first victory for the born in Kent (England) rider. Nothing changed in the GC, as Anna Van der Breggen keeps the Maglia Rosa on her shoulders, Annemiek Van Vleuten is second and Elisa Longo Borghini.

Tomorrow there is the stage 4, with start and finish in Occhiobello (Rovigo).

The race has been presented this morning at the Car Show Room System Cars in Meda (Monza e Brianza) the edition 28 of the Giro d’Italia Internazionale Femminile Elite, which will take place from 29th June to 9th July and is valid as a Women’s World Tour Race.

In a very full room (about 500 invited people participated), the curiosity about the new route of the Giro was extremely high, as the Director Giuseppe Rivolta admitted with his brilliant organizing team. Ambrogio Romanò, amateur cyclist and owner of the Ssangyong Showroom System Cars welcomed everybody launching the event as car supplier of the race. “Cycling is my sporting biggest passion and it’s a honour for my family and my company to host an event like this, the presentation of the most important women’s cycling race.”

RAI will be the Official Television of the Giro Rosa: the ten stages will be commented by Stefano Rizzato on Raidue.

Paolo Sangalli, as collaborator of the Italian Nationa Coach of the women teams, commented: “I like this Giro, it hugs Italy from north to south. The riders will fight very much.”

The Director Giuseppe Rivolta presented the ten stages: the route begins with the Team Time Trial from Aquileia to Grado (11.5 kms), which was already officialized. The Stage 2 is still in Friuli, from Zoppola (PN) to Montereale Valcellina (PN), then Veneto hosts the next two stages (San Fior – San Vendemiano and Occhiobello – Occhiobello, with this one which has been named as DeltaPo OutletFamily Stage). One of the hardest days will be in the Region Marche, where the very tough Individual Time Trial in Sant’Elpidio a Mare will take place and it includes two short but very hard climbs. The sprinters will fight in the next day in Roseto degli Abruzzi but the next stages Isernia – Baronissi and Baronissi – Palinuro include tough climbs which are close to each finish line and have a long distance of more than 140 kilometers. Polla hosts the penultimate stage finish after 122 interesting kilometers but it’s Torre del Greco with the Vesuvio to decide who will wear the definitive Pink Jersey.

Some of the athletes who will race the Giro, like the sprinter Barbara Guarischi (winner in 2015 in Lubiana), the former Junior European Champion Anna Trevisi and the bronze medal of Tuscany 2013 World Championships Rossella Ratto.

Some of the strongest, former cyclists like Djamolidine Abdujaparov from Uzbekistan, Evgenij Berzin from Russia and the Italians Claudio Chiappucci and Gilberto Simoni took part with big interest “The girls will run where we fighted some years ago. It will be very interesting to see their sporting achievements. The Giro is always a great fight” – declared “El Diablo Chiappucci at the end of the day.

The US National Champion got the absolute victory in the biggest Cycling Stage for Women, the second athlete from the United States after Mara Abbott in 2010 and 2013. Born in Glen Falls on 4th May 1985, last year she has won the Strade Bianche, and she finished third the Giro and the World Championships in Richmond. The Giro Rosa 2016 has been her most important goal of the season and now she is taking a look to the Olympic Race of Rio, where she wants to win a medal.

In this Giro Megan Guarnier has been one of the most constant of the favorites: race leader in San Fior after the first stage, she had to give the leadership the day after in Montenars. In the very hot and tough stage in Alassio/Madonna della Guardia she could be back in Pink. Second place for Evelyn Stevens at 34” and third is Anna Van der Breggen at 1’53”. The final stage in Verbania has been won by Thalita De Jong (Rabo-Liv), Cyclocross World Champion 2016. Second was Riejanne Markus (Liv-Plantur) and third Maria Giulia Confalonieri again on the podium after Lovere (2°) and Legnano (3°)

Bronzini – Bastianelli – Confalonieri: the “Tricolore” flag shines at the finish line in Legnano, at the end of a frightening stage.
The 97.550 km of the stage started in Rescaldina were mostly on the roads of the Coppa Bernocchi were run at high speed, with a breakaway that included Alena Amialiusik (Canyon-SRAM), Anna Ceoloni (Servetto-Footon-Alurecycling), Rozanne Slik (Liv-Plantur), Audrey Cordon (Wiggle High5), Malgorzata Jasinska (Alè-Cipollini), Lex Albrecht (BePink) and Ana Maria Covrig (Inpa-Bianchi), with the National Champion of Romania who passed first on the climb of Gornate Superiore (Category 3). In the second part, the peloton tried to accelerate, but the attacks continued in the front: Amialiusik and Covrig remained alone but Ceoloni joined them again with Slik close to the passage at the finish line in Legnano. Ana Covrig didn’t give up and attacked at the last kilometer, the peloton was just behind her and in the bunch sprint Giorgia Bronzini has been the fastest, beating other two italians, Marta Bastianelli (Alè-Cipollini) and Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Lensworld-Zannata), who was second in the sprint in Lovere.

Nothing changes in the General Classification: Megan Guarnier remains in Pink with only one stage to go: her advantage is 34” from her teammate Evelyn Stevens (Boels Dolmans) and 1’53” from Anna Van der Breggen (Rabo-Liv)

Declarations of Giorgia Bronzini: “This victory is important because the National Coach Dino Salvoldi called me to be part of our team at the Olympic Games in Rio. This event will demonstrate that the Italian Women National Cycling Team will completely honour the National Jersey.

Note for the press: the press conference of the fifth Jersey Winners of the 27th Giro Rosa is fixed at the end of the stage in Verbania – Pallanza.